great-nephew

American  

[greyt-nef-yoo, -nev-yoo] / ˈgreɪtˌnɛf yu, -ˌnɛv yu /

noun

1. a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.

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great-nephew British  

noun

1. a son of one's nephew or niece; grandson of one's brother or sister

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Etymology

Origin of great-nephew

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

Workplace movies “give you very quickly an identifiable everyman or everywoman—somebody we can relate to,” says Ben Mankiewicz, the Turner Classic Movies host and great-nephew of legendary Hollywood screenwriter and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

From The Wall Street Journal

It turned out that his great-nephew lived just three doors away from another member of the war detectives team.

From BBC

He does, though, have a work on the go, a new painting of his great-nephew.

From BBC

It was a humbling moment, his great-nephew David Snowdon told the BBC, to see hundreds of people turn out to pay their respects.

From BBC

Justice Thomas, the court‘s longest-serving member, has been the focus of scrutiny after ProPublica reported that Mr. Crow paid private school tuition at Hidden Lake Academy and Randolph-Macon Academy for Justice Thomas’ great-nephew.

From Washington Times